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1		-	H.B. No. 1066
	1	+	By: Ashby, Larson (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 1066
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2019;
	3	+	April 8, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
	4	+	Rural Affairs; April 30, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; April 30, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to extensions of an expired permit for the transfer of
6	12		groundwater from a groundwater conservation district.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 36.122, Water Code, is amended by adding
9	15		Subsections (j-1), (j-2), (r), and (s) and amending Subsection (k)
10	16		to read as follows:
11	17		(j-1) A district shall extend a term under Subsection (i)(2)
12	18		or (j) on or before its expiration in the manner prescribed by
13	19		Section 36.1145:
14	20		(1) to a term that is not shorter than the term of an
15	21		operating permit for the production of water to be transferred that
16	22		is in effect at the time of the extension; and
17	23		(2) for each additional term for which that operating
18	24		permit for production is renewed under Section 36.1145 or remains
19	25		in effect under Section 36.1146.
20	26		(j-2) A permit extended under Subsection (j-1) continues to
21	27		be subject to conditions contained in the permit as issued before
22	28		the extension.
23	29		(k) Notwithstanding the period specified under Subsection
24	30		[in Subsections] (i), [and] (j), or (j-1) during which water may be
25	31		transferred under a permit, a district may periodically review the
26	32		amount of water that may be transferred under the permit and may
27	33		limit the amount if additional factors considered in Subsection (f)
28	34		warrant the limitation, subject to Subsection (c). The review
29	35		described by this subsection may take place not more frequently
30	36		than the period provided for the review or renewal of regular
31	37		permits issued by the district. In its determination of whether to
32	38		renew a permit issued under this section, the district shall
33	39		consider relevant and current data for the conservation of
34	40		groundwater resources and shall consider the permit in the same
35	41		manner it would consider any other permit in the district.
36	42		(r) The district may grant or deny an application to extend
37	43		a term under Subsection (i)(2) or (j) submitted under this section
38	44		only using rules that were in effect at the time the application was
39	45		submitted.
40	46		(s) An application to extend a term under Subsection (i)(2)
41	47		or (j) is governed solely by district rules consistent with
42	48		Subsection (j-1).
43	49		SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
44	50		the term of a permit issued under Sections 36.122(i) and (j), Water
45	51		Code, that expires after September 1, 2019.
46	52		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
47		-	______________________________ ______________________________
48		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
49		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the House on April
50		-	3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 2 present, not
51		-	voting.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Chief Clerk of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the Senate on May
55		-	8, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Secretary of the Senate
58		-	APPROVED: _____________________
59		-	Date
60		-	_____________________
61		-	Governor
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